Title :
Ultra-low jitter mode-locking of Er-fiber laser at 10 GHz and its application in photonic analog-to-digital conversion
Author :
Ng, W. ; Stephens, R. ; Persechini, D. ; Reddy, K.V.
Author_Institution :
HRL Lab., Malibu, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report the 10 GHz mode-locking of a fiber-laser with timing-jitters as low as 16 fs (Δf=100 Hz-100 kHz), and amplitude-jitters of 0.058%. From the spur-free-dynamic-range (SFDR) measured for a signal (at 2.49 GHz) sampled with the mode-locked pulse train, we estimate an analog-to-digital conversion resolution of 8 SFDR-bits at 10 GSPS
Keywords :
analogue-digital conversion; erbium; fibre lasers; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; laser beam applications; laser mode locking; optical information processing; 10 GHz; 2.49 GHz; 8 bit; Er-fiber laser; amplitude jitter; mode-locked pulse train; photonic A/D conversion; photonic ADC; photonic analog-to-digital conversion; spur-free dynamic range; timing jitter; ultra-low jitter mode-locking; Analog-digital conversion; Fiber lasers; Laser mode locking; Masers; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Pulse modulation; Sampling methods; Signal resolution; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2000. MWP 2000. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Oxford
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6455-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2000.889836
